Shenzhen became the first Chinese city to ban eating cats and dogs.
This decision was geared by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Great Britain claimed The Straits Settlements as crown colonies: Singapore, Penang, and Malacca.
The TIROS satellite transmitted the first-ever TV picture from space.
The Royal Canadian Air Force was formed out of the Canadian Air Force.
The Bolivian city of Potosí was founded after vast deposits of silver were discovered in the mountains nearby.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan began.
